Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Italy
Italy: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 28,778 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Italy stood at 28,778 kg/ha.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Italy peaked at 30,299 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9,487 kg/ha, in 1962.
Italy ranks 38th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,407 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,487 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1963 | 11,388 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 10,786 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 10,238 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 11,143 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 11,860 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 12,442 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 13,007 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 12,829 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 13,748 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 15,232 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 15,882 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 15,728 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 16,252 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 16,873 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 16,638 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 16,513 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 17,910 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 18,134 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 18,778 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 17,329 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 17,066 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 17,678 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 17,458 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 19,108 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 18,774 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 18,432 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 19,719 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 19,172 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 20,019 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 22,665 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 22,470 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 23,381 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 23,293 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 22,465 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 22,244 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 24,286 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 23,947 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 24,862 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 24,881 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 23,876 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 21,650 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 24,974 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 24,863 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 24,412 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 25,587 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 22,709 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 24,791 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 24,925 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 24,883 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 25,425 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 25,235 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 26,056 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 27,115 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 28,329 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 27,685 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 28,163 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 28,593 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 30,299 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 29,168 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 28,343 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 27,843 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 28,778 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,195 kg/ha | 9,487 kg/ha | 13,007 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,761 kg/ha | 12,829 kg/ha | 17,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,248 kg/ha | 17,066 kg/ha | 19,719 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,394 kg/ha | 19,172 kg/ha | 24,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,260 kg/ha | 21,650 kg/ha | 25,587 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,641 kg/ha | 24,883 kg/ha | 28,593 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,886 kg/ha | 27,843 kg/ha | 30,299 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Italy?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Italy was 28,778 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 30,299 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,487 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Italy rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Italy ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.